Improvement in methods of attaching sweat-bands to hats



. N.'A. BALDWIN.

METHOD OF A'I'TACHING'SWEAT BANDS TO HATS.

No.177.45Z. Patented May16,1876

N.PETERS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON D. O,

UNITED STATES P TENT QFFIGE,

NATHAN A. BALDWIN, OF MILFORDfG QNNECTIGUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN METHODS OF ATTACHING SWEAT-BANDS TO HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,452, dated May 16, 1876; application filed Y v April 6,1876.

v I Figs. 2 and 3, detached'views.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of attaching sweats to hats,

' with special reference to hats made from braid or of like character.

In the usual construction, the sweat has been stitched to the hat at the angle of the crown and brim, which, in many cases, exposes the edge of braid to come in contact with the forehead of the wearer, and, owing to the natural roughness of the braid, it is difficult to make a nice job of this part of the work. Again, the perspiration easily passes through the needle perforations, and soon stains the exterior offthe hat.

The object of this invention is to overcome these difficulties; and it consists in attachingthe sweat to an independent strip of braid or other materia1,which said strip is, in its turn, secured to the brim.

A represents the brim, B the side of the crown, and O the top, of a common hat. a

represents a strip, of braid or other material, to one edge of which gesweat b is secured, as at d. This strip cgis for ed into a ring, the "internaldiaineter ot ii h'ich corresponds substantially to the internal diameter of the hat. ilhe sweat an. tl,.. strip are stitched together, as indicated in Fig. 2, the stitches passing through the inner edge of the braid and the edge ofthgsw'eat. The sweat is then turned inward, as in dic ated in Fig. 3, and in this condition the sweat and the strip a, to which it is attached, are plaeed ,in position, and the stripstitched to the brim, near the outer edgeot the strip, as seen at a, Fig. l. The strip between the-outer edge and inner is preferably left f e and loo'se upon the brim.

The cOnVenience O t at taEliing the sweat to the strip a before it is placed in the hat gives to this method a great advantage in the processof manufacturefand"as'it isolates, as it were, the seam of band from the angle of the hat, the disp' oloriiig'ofthe hat at that angle by perspiration is'entirely avoided.

I claimft In the manufacture of hats, the method herein described of attaching sweats, consisting in securing the sweat to the inner edge of an independent strip of material, and the said strip secured to the hat, substantially as specified.

v N. A. BALDWIN. 

